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Timmy Sung

Samuel Chan

At least 80 protesters were detained yesterday amid clashes with police during the first round of court-ordered clearance operations in the Mong Kok protest zone.
Police used pepper spray in a vain bid to clear Occupy protesters after opening part of Argyle Street and last night were locked in a tense confrontation with a crowd in nearby Nathan Road.
Police said they would begin clearing the section of Nathan Road that is between Argyle Street and Dundas Street today.

On the 59th day of the occupation, yesterday's removal of barricades from Argyle Street in enforcement of an injunction had been expected to go smoothly. But displaced protesters quickly moved to Portland Street and the one-way street, where barricades were cleared last month, was once again blocked.
By nightfall, protesters had been pushed back to Nathan Road at the junction of Portland and Changsha streets.
"I was outraged. I was on the footpath, with my feet not touching the road," said student Alfred Wong, 18, who was pepper-sprayed.
Watch: Occupy protesters arrested during scuffles with police in Mong Kok


 
Several journalists, including South China Morning Post photographer Sam Tsang Kwok-chung, claimed to have been pepper-sprayed by police while covering the day's incidents.
Police Public Relations Branch Senior Superintendent Kong Man-keung said bailiffs had given repeated warnings "but interference was caused by those at the scene".
He said bailiffs, in line with the injunction order, asked police for help and when warnings by officers were also ignored, they carried out "dispersion measures".
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About 7,000 police officers, split into two shifts, were sent to assist in the operation yesterday.
Bailiffs took more than five hours to clear some of the barricades listed in the court injunction, opening up at least one lane of traffic on Argyle Street.
But the scene became chaotic after officers tried to disperse protesters on an Argyle Street footpath outside the Langham Place shopping mall by pushing them into a narrow pavement on Portland Street and then trying to persuade them to leave.

Clashes later broke out as hundreds of protesters faced off with baton and shield-wielding police on Portland Street. Police raised red warning flags and later fired pepper spray. Three officers were injured during the clashes.
Some protesters criticised police for a lack of organisation. "It's not part of the area in the injunction," 23-year-old audio technician Timmy Wong said of Portland Street.
Police said that as of 8pm, 80 people had been arrested, among them a Now TV engineer who allegedly assaulted an officer. Police had earlier said that six females and 17 males, including League of Social Democrats lawmaker "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung, were arrested for suspected contempt of court. Nine males were arrested for allegedly assaulting police and obstructing a public officer in the execution of duties.
 
A minibus drivers' group obtained the court injunction to remove road barricades on a small section of Argyle Street.  The cleared section accounted for only a small portion of the occupied area, but is a crucial intersection.
Another injunction has been granted to a taxi drivers' association for clearing the much longer Nathan Road.

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Police fire pepper spray as 80 protesters arrested after Mong Kok clearance

Police fire at protesters with tear spray. Photo: Sam Tsang

A man has water poured on his face after police tear-sprayed demonstrators. Photo: Sam Tsang

Police fire at protesters with tear spray. Photo: SCMP

Police spray protesters with tear spray. Photo: SCMP

A protester is suppressed by the police.

A protester pushed to the ground.

Police officers, wearing helmets and holding shields, continued to push the crowds further down Portland Street.

Protesters wearing helmets and masks.

Police arrest protesters at the Mong Kok clearance operation. Photo: Dickson Lee

Police arrest protesters at the Mong Kok clearance operation. Photo: Sam Tsang

A protester puts his hands up in front of the police outside the HSBC building on Argyle Street. Photo: Felix Wong





Police with a protester outside the HSBC building on Argyle Street Photo: Felix Wong

Photo: Chris Lau

Photo: Felix Wong

A protester is arrested the HSBC building on Argyle Street. Photo: Felix Wong


Bailiffs tear down barricades. Photo: Dickson Lee

A protester raises an umbrella at the junction of Shangtung Street and Portland Street, behind a new line of makeshift barricades against a police line. Photo: Danny Mok

Protesters attempt to block Ferry Street. Photo: Danny Mok

Police officers back bailiffs as they clear barricades from the Mong Kok protest site. Clashes later broke out. Photo: Sam Tsang

A protester is arrested by police during the Mong Kok clearance operation yesterday. Photo: Felix Wong

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At least 80 protesters detained after clashes erupt when police officers join bailiffs in first round of court-ordered operations in Mong Kok


At least 80 protesters were detained yesterday amid clashes with police during the first round of court-ordered clearance operations in the Mong Kok protest zone.


Police fire pepper spray as 80 protesters arrested after Mong Kok clearance

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At least 80 protesters detained after clashes erupt when police officers join bailiffs in first round of court-ordered operations in Mong Kok